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Tracing the Wolf

  • Maggie Levantovskaya
  • September 16, 2021
To brand myself with something I feared and sought to subdue seemed like a reclamation.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Molly Spencer

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • November 24, 2020
Molly Spencer discusses her new collection, HINGE.
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Divestment

  • Magin LaSov Gregg
  • October 20, 2020
Secrecy stitched us a fraudulent reality. Denial masqueraded as hope.
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A Little Bit Irreverent, a Little Bit Truthful: Talking with Megan Cummins

  • Svetlana Satchkova
  • September 11, 2020
Megan Cummins discusses her debut story collection, IF THE BODY ALLOWS IT.
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A Rope to Grab in the Chaos: Talking with Esmé Weijun Wang

  • Sara Fredman
  • September 13, 2019
Esmé Weijun Wang discusses her debut essay collection, THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS.
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Breaking the Rules: A Conversation with Amy B. Scher

  • Jane Ratcliffe
  • April 20, 2018
Amy B. Scher discusses her memoir, This Is How I Save My Life, what to do when all available treatments have failed, Trump's presidency, and the power to heal.
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What Did You Expect, Though?

  • Mallika Rao
  • March 6, 2018
The immune system, meant to protect a body from foreign invaders, works too assiduously, sees danger where there is none, turns on itself. Such conditions lend themselves to metaphor.
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The Rumpus Interview with Stacy Szymaszek

  • Brandi Homan
  • December 23, 2016
Poet Stacy Szymaszek discusses her most recent collection, Journal of Ugly Sites & Other Journals, the "notebook genre," and claiming a city—ugly sites and all.
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Strands

  • Jennifer Marie Donahue
  • April 22, 2016
The self was attacking the self. My body was blaming itself: it didn't matter how many times I said or anyone else said, “It isn't your fault.” I believed it was.
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